For many people, memory improvement is possible. The extent to which memory can improve, however, will be different from person to person.
Timing activities strategically
How you order your daily tasks can impact your ability to remember them and get them done smoothly.
Difficult or cognitively taxing activities should be completed at the beginning of the day when fatigue is low and attention is at a high level.
A clean living and working environment with minimal distractions may help you focus on your tasks and remember what you need to do.
Writing down your personal experiences
Avoiding multitasking
One study found that people between the ages of 60 and 80 have significantly more trouble remembering tasks after they’ve experienced a brief interruption than do people in their 30s and 40s.
Research has shown that switching your attention from a laptop to a cellphone or texting while watching TV decreases the gray matter in our brains that helps us with sensory perceptions including decision-making and memory.
| A．Minimizing distractions |
| B．Cleaning up your environment |
| C．Record the time each task takes |
| D．Here are some tips that will offer you some help |
| E．Large projects should be broken down into smaller tasks |
| F．The best way to remember personal experiences is to write about them |
| G．Doing multiple things at once could affect your short-term memory, particularly as you get older |
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【推荐1】Sunstroke is a condition that can quickly go from dangerous to deadly, especially if proper care isn’t given immediately.
Sunstroke, sometimes called heatstroke, is a result of the body temperature rising above the safe limit. This causes the body’s necessary functions to stop working.
It’s usually pretty easy to avoid sunstroke, as long as proper action is taken. In that case, you need to act as quickly as possible to return that person’s body to a safe temperature. Here are a few tips to help treat sunstroke.
Call for help
Call to get an ambulance as quickly as possible. This should be the first thing you do, especially if the sunstroke person has fainted (昏倒)。Also, call for help from anyone nearby if you’re in a public place. If there’s no one around, call someone nearby if they can get there sooner than an ambulance. Ask everyone to bring you as much water as possible, if there isn’t much nearby.
Get the person to a cooler area
If there’s a building nearby, aim for that. Anywhere with plenty of air conditioners and water is perfect. If a building isn’t available, bring the person to a well-shaded area.
Get the water flowing
If the person is still conscious, get him or her to drink water. If there’s a bathtub available, fill it with cool water and put the person in it.
If your water supply is limited, you have to save it. Dampen a towel or shirt and put it on the person’s body. Focus on the face, neck, and chest.
Fan the person
Getting moving air over the person cools him or her down. Use anything, a towel or sheet, a shirt, your hands, or a piece of board. This is where having many people around really helps, as they can combine to fan the entire body.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?| A．Call for assistance from others. |
| B．Leave the sunstroke person in the shade. |
| C．Put a wet towel on the person’s face. |
| D．Help the person take some medicine. |
| A．When the body doesn’t function. |
| B．When proper care is given immediately. |
| C．When someone is exposed to the sun too long. |
| D．When the body temperature goes up beyond what one can bear. |
| A．guidebook | B．book review |
| C．medical magazine | D．official document |
【推荐2】Saving Seeds for Next Year’s Flower Garden
Just like vegetable seeds (种子), you can save flower seeds from your garden this year to plant in the following year.
If you want the same kind of flower or plant for next year’s garden, collect only the seeds from plants marked as “heritage”.
Even if you expect plants to be the same as their parents, it is not certain. Wind or insects could bring pollen from one plant to another and accidentally create a mixture.
Just like everything else in gardening, timing is important. Collect seeds on a dry, sunny day.
For plants like sunflowers, cut the head off the plant and drop it into a paper bag.
You can place the seeds in a glass box that can be sealed. Then store them in a cool, dry area. Make sure to mark your glass box so you do not forget what they are.
| A．Keep an eye on some flowers. |
| B．Let the seeds grow and fall naturally. |
| C．Give the bag a shake to help separate the seeds. |
| D．When stored with care, seeds are good for several years. |
| E．These kinds of plants will grow just like their parent plant. |
| F．In this case, add more seeds to the soil to make sure that some will grow. |
| G．You can avoid this by planting only the plant from which you plan to collect seeds. |
【推荐3】Pets should not be left alone for too long during the day. But our busy lifestyles will sometimes tear us away.
Cats don’t simply curl up and sleep when you leave.
It’s not just cats that suffer from separation anxiety. Dogs also dislike being left alone and unfortunately they can’t tell whether it’s been ten minutes or ten hours: the displeasure felt is very similar.
You can also gradually lengthen the distance and time of your separation until your dogs can be left alone for 20 minutes without showing their usual symptoms of sadness and stress.
| A．A number of cat toys are also helpful. |
| B．Schedule daily play sessions with your cats. |
| C．But you can help ease the negative feeling at least. |
| D．That creates a lot of guilt and worry for their well-being. |
| E．In this way, they can disassociate your absence with negativity. |
| F．They need stimulation for the period when they will be left alone. |
| G．Over time, they will look forward to their separation to get a reward. |
【推荐1】Do you constantly use the computer, whether for learning or entertainment? Computers give off radiation that is bad for your health.
The simplest way is by drinking 2 or 3 cups of green tea every day.
It is advisable to attach a radiation filter plate in front of your computer’s screen.
Make sure you do a skincare protection before sitting in front of the computer. Apply a layer of facial mask to protect yourself. W ash your face soon after using the computer in order to reduce 70% of the radiation.
| A．Green tea can be absorbed by the body easily into a form of vitamin A |
| B．If possible, purchase a new computer instead of using the old computer |
| C．But here are some ways to protect yourself from computer radiation |
| D．The most eficient way is by drinking some coffee regularly |
| E．And adjust the sound level on your computer |
| F．Make sure to avoid putting any metal substances near your computer |
| G．The brighter the screen is |
【推荐2】Poor Sleep and Loneliness: A Vicious Cycle?
The feeling of being lonely is the sense that you have less social contact with others than you want. It is not quite the same as the amount of social contact you have. Some people don’t engage that often with others, but they are perfectly fine with that, and so they don’t feel alone.
One area of research has focused specifically on the relationship between loneliness and sleep. There are several inter-related questions: Is feeling lonely related to the quality of people’s sleep? What aspects of sleep are related to loneliness? And does loneliness cause sleep problems, or do difficulties with sleeping lead to feelings of loneliness?
The relationship between loneliness and sleep was explored in a paper by Melanie Hom and Caol Chu in the September 2020 issue of Clinical Psychological Science. They analyzed the data of previous studies relating sleep quality to feelings of loneliness.
Although poor sleep and loneliness are closely related, it is hard to determine whether loneliness causes sleep difficulties or the reverse (相反).
If you are someone who has trouble sleeping, be aware that poor sleep lowers your resilience (复原力) overall. Among other things, it may make it harder for you to appreciate the social contacts you have.
| A．Long-term studies that follow the same people over time help. |
| B．If you have difficulty in social engagement, you may feel lonely. |
| C．Other people may spend a lot of time with others, but still long for more. |
| D．These issues are important because poor sleep can affect psychological health. |
| E．To solve the problem, you should monitor your sleeping quality and physical health. |
| F．If you have trouble sleeping, try spending more time reaching out to friends and loved ones. |
| G．The results indicate that the more sleep difficulties people express they have, the lonelier they feel. |
【推荐3】A national survey finds that Americans of all ages are spending more time sitting. And this has health experts worried. Sitting too much, especially when watching television, phones or other screens, can be bad for your health, research suggests. It has been linked to diseases such as diabetes and cancer, and also tied to an increased risk of mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.
In a new study, researchers analyzed(分析) survey data from more than 50, 000 American children, teenagers and adults. Overall, people sat a lot. Nearly two-thirds of children and teens said they sat at least two hours a day watching television or videos. Teens now sit more than eight hours a day. The data also showed that computer use outside of school or work has been increasing across all ages.
Lin Yang, a public health expert at Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Canada, notes that this trend(趋势) is not unique to the United States. “Studies out of Europe and Australia have also found increases in sitting time,” she says. “This includes sitting for work or school as well as driving rather than walking or riding.”
Erin O’Loughlin, an exercise psychologist at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, notes there are many reasons children and teens have been sitting more. These include less outdoor play, more screen time. And schools have been reducing opportunities for exercise during the school day.
“We all need to move more and sit less, ”says Lin Yang. “It’s important to not just switch(转变) from sitting to standing but to actually move around. ”And spending more time outside helps, she notes. This is good for fitness and for exposure(接触) to the sun, an important source of the body’s vitamin D. If getting more exercise sounds difficult, don’t stress: take it one step at a time.
1. How did the researchers carry out the new study?| A．By studying some cases. |
| B．By collecting data on 50, 000 Canadians. |
| C．By surveying people of different ages. |
| D．By making some experiments. |
| A．People should have more vitamin D. |
| B．Sitting more is becoming a widespread problem. |
| C．People should get close to nature more. |
| D．Work or school hours should be reduced properly. |
| A．How to make children and teens exercise more. |
| B．Children and teens are developing more bad habits. |
| C．The proper outdoor play time of children and teens. |
| D．Why children and teens are sitting more. |
